..so i have finally got round to starting the elimination diet. I must admit that I had put it of a bit as it can sound a bit daunting, NO WHEAT( ie pasta bread etc) NO ALCOHOL, NO PROCESSED FOOD.
After Tim’s success and Leon starting it I thought it was about time I got on the band wagon too…..so what put me of to start with and how is it going so far?
My biggest concerns were what to eat for a start?? and time. As of now I am in day four. I started it over the weekend so that I had a bit more time to get the feel of it and to get a good idea of how much time it would take up. I am very quickly learning it is not time consuming at all!!
My biggest worry was what was i going to eat for breakfast?, normally I would have cereal, porridge or a type of muesli, as that is all processed that’s out of the window, which leaves you with EGGS for breakfast. Now i do like an omelet with veg in but not really my idea of a nice breakfast!!…. but a plain omelet with banana or strawberry’s and natural yog is actually really nice. I’m still getting a little bit of sweetness in my breakfast, it’s all natural, I get one of my fruit portions in at the start of the day and it takes just over 5 mins to do.
My other worry was tea. I love green tea!! and it does have good health benefits, but it is processed and it does still have caffeine in it, so that is out the window too. Now with winter clearly here the thought of plain water for a whole month is not exactly comforting. So I have been adding a squeeze of some fresh lemon in hot water, it allows some flavor and the comfort of a hot drink. I have found it a great substitute for a cup of tea.
It may only be 4 days but I’m finding it easier than I thought and I have already lost 1.5 kilos in just four days, I will keep you posted on my progress.
Bye for now Marie
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OK here I am again experiencing another of our fundamentals this time Nutritional Responsibility, what is this exactly?
Well it is actually very simple, it’s all about going back to basics making sure that we have a clean diet consisting of fresh fruit and veg, fresh meat and fish, low fat dairy and water.
One of the things that we ask you to do is to to keep a truth diary. This involves writing down everything that goes into your mouth and at what time. You will also grade them. A is for all fresh, B is for not so good but not so bad and C is yes you guessed it is all heavily processed foods like pizza, alcohol, biscuits etc. You will also mark down how many portions of fruit and veg you have eaten and what you have drunk.
So how is it going so far…..
Well boy does it make you think about what you are putting in your mouth. The idea is not really to change what you are eating just to record it, but automatically i found myself making small changes. From seeing what I had written down I have automatically increased my water intake, upped my portions of fruit and veg, cleaned up my main meals by reducing the amount of processed foods and increased the amount of times that I am eating per day(which is never a problem for me as I love to eat:o), which of course is the key to revving up your metabolism and getting rid of your body fat. So with out really making an effort and just with these small changes I have lost nearly 2 kilos already!!!
Now as part of your 3 month pro gramme with us for ONE MONTH we ask you to give up alcohol, wheat based products and all processed foods so that you can really see dramatic effects that it can have. I will let you know how this goes in the not to distant future…
Marie
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Leon’s On The Elimination Diet
17.10.08Well I have started the elimination diet and so far except for the chocolate cravings its going OK. I started on Monday but today I really filled up my fridge with healthy food. I bought chicken, turkey,mushrooms, tomatoes, sprouts, carrots etc etc.
I then went into my quite large kitchen and searched through all the cupboards for those big professional looking knives that I bought one time. See in the past a fork would have been enough to break through the
plastic cover before putting into the microwave….
I chopped up the meat, spent 5 minutes trying to work out how the grill works (pretty sad I know) and then prepared my carrots and sprouts. It worked and I had a decent meal, I sure it would have tasted better if someone else had cooked it but it just goes to show that even COMPLETE BEGINNERS in the kitchen can cook and prepare healthy meals.
Elimination Diet Day 24
16.10.08I am now over 3 weeks in to the Elimination Diet, and what have I learned?
Coffee: having been a coffee junkie for years, going without for over 3 weeks has at times been tough. BUT after the initial withdrawal headaches and generally feeling rubbish, I am now finding it easier to go without. I am also finding my sleep patterns have improved massively, and I feel more lively during the afternoon (a typical sluggish time for me). Now this may be due to an increase in water intake too, I don’t really know. The big thing here and I don’t want to understate it, really is the improved sleep quality!
Breads and Pasta: Not really missed the pasta’s, never really ate too much of the stuff anyway! But the bread was like the coffee, one of my major weaknesses. I think this part has contributed mostly to the visable results that i have obtained, no more bloating, no more over-full feeling. We simply do not have the stuff in our house any more, and going out for lunch or dinner simply means ignoring the bread that appears on the table!
Over high energy dense foods: Heavily processed foods such as sweets, pizza, burgers and such like didn’t really exist in my diet anyway, but I was certainly prone to the more than occassional treat… which it seems added up. Cutting those out at times was difficult, regularly eating our normal dinner and then wanting something sweet after was just a habit. A habit that is now broken.
Yes this is a bit of a sales pitch, BUT only because I could not have done the last few weeks without it. The Elimination Diet Cookbook has been a indispensible companion on this journey so far. So if you are starting your Elimination Diet program today, then I would thoroughly recommend the Cookbook too.
The Results: well in 3 weeks, ie. 21 days, i have lost 4.5kg and now dropped to my lowest body fat percentage measurement I have ever recorded on myself.
Don’t wait till monday to start this! Start NOW!
OK here I am again experiencing another of our fundamentals this time Nutritional Responsibility, what is this exactly? well it is actually very simple, it’s all about going back to basics making sure that we have a clean diet consisting of fresh fruit and veg, fresh meat and fish, low fat dairy and water.One of the things that we ask you to do is to to keep a truth diary. This involves writing down everything that goes into your mouth and at what time.You will also grade them. A is for all fresh, B is for not so good but not so bad and C is yes you guessed it is all heavily processed foods like pizza, alcohol, biscuits etc. You will also mark down how many portions of fruit and veg you have eaten and what you have drunk.
So how is it going so far….. well boy does it make you think about what you are putting in your mouth. The idea is not really to change what you are eating just to record it, but automatically i found myself making small changes.
From seeing what I had written down I have automatically increased my water intake upped my portions of fruit and veg, cleaned up my main meals by reducing the amount of processed foods and increased the amount of times that I am eating per day(which is never a problem for me as I love to eat:o), which of course is the key to revving up your metabolism and getting rid of your body fat. So with out really making an effort and just with these small changes I have lost nearly 2 kilos already!!!
Now as part of your 3 month pro gramme with us for ONE MONTH we ask you to give up alcohol, wheat based products and all processed foods so that you can really see dramatic effects that it can have. I will let you know how this goes in the not to distant future…
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